I will begin with a quote from the BBC Ethics website:

“Lying is giving some information while believing it to be untrue, intending to deceive by doing so.

A lie has three essential features:

• A lie communicates some information.
• The liar intends to deceive or mislead.
• The liar believes that what they are ‘saying’ is not true.”

It is quite clear to me that lying is wrong most of the time.  I say it that way because there are times when telling the truth could cause harm, even death to another person.  But to lie and deceive purposely is wrong especially when one wishes to benefit from the lie. I believe this to be a sin.  It is the benefitting from the lie that makes it so egregious.

In our society today, lying is rampant.  It is terrifying to see the effects of this deception in so many places and to such enormous degrees!  It is something that I have never witnessed to this extent in my lifetime. And it is wounding all of us.  Once truth doesn’t matter, trust is destroyed. Without trust, without truth, we all suffer unnecessary strife.  

I think that it’s time we all stand up for truth.  In doing so, even as just one person, we stand up for all of us.  We need to question the veracity of what we hear and what we read.  We need to question who is to gain from this statement or action. When we are bombarded with lies, we must be strong and not be so worn out by it to stop questioning what is being said and written.

We must question and look for the facts, act like a scientist and mathematician and find the proof.  And we need to be aware of all the opposing mindsets. The quest can not be like-minded people finding their own “proof” that falls in line with the facts as they see them.  We, the people of all points of view coming together to find the truth will succeed. Lying cannot be allowed to win. If that happens, we all lose. And that is not an option.